, the longest running show in television history, this is a special edition of "meet the press" with chuck todd. >> good sunday morning. as you can see, once again, we look a little different this week. this morning, and for the foreseeable future, i'll be anchoring "meet the press" from my home office as we here at nbc news practice social distancing. two images illustrate the week we have just been through. these all nurses in hard-hit new york city wearing, yes, garbage bags, because personal protective gear is unavailable. and this graph illustrates the almost incomprehensible rise in first time unemployment claims to a record 3.3 million. on a week when the united states passed 120,000 cases of covid-19 and 2,000 deaths, when we appear to pass china and then italy for the most cases in the world, president trump offered americans mixed messages. early in the week, the president said he would like america to be open again for business by easter. that the cure, he said, shutting down the economy could be worse than the disease. mr. trump seemed eager to play the role of optimist in

deborah birx, welcome to "meet the press." we'll try to close the gap on a bit of our satellite delay and start with the first question this way. it took from february 29th to march 17th to get to 100 deaths, it took another nine days to get to 1,000 deaths. sadly it took 72 hours to get to 2,000 deaths. dr. birx, where are we today? and where is this headed in the next few weeks? >> this is the way pandemics work and that's why we all are deeply concerned and why we've been raising the alert in all metro areas and in all states. no state, no metro area, will be spared. the sooner we react, the sooner the states and the metro areas react and ensure that they've put in full mitigation, at the same time understanding exactly what their hospitals need, then we'll be able to move forward together and protect the most americans. there's a new website up. it comes from chris murray out in washington state. it's on the ime website, imhe website. it predicts and looks at this built as an infectious disease model. >> i would love to tak

welcome back to "meet the press." 's going to be a meeting between the four leaders in congress in about the next couple hours. that tells me that maybe we're landing the plane here on phase three. what is the latest? and how quickly do you expect a deal? >> chuck, i think you're right. i think we're on short final, and we'll have this plane landed. it starts today with a very, very important procedural vote this afternoon which will really tell us if we're going to be able to go forward. i think we will. and i would like to share with you a quick summary of what's in the bill. and i think you'll see why it would be very hard, i think, to categories, first, focus on take the guy who wakes up tomorrow morning and he's got a family to take care of, and there's pennsylvania's closed down all businesses. so that describes, of course, millions of people across the country. so focusing on individuals and families. we have already created a new paid family leave program. a paid medical leave program. we're going to bump up un

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welcome to "meet the press." u spent a lot of time in the lab where they discovered this virus in china. simple question, how concerned should americans be right now? >> right now with the data we have and i emphasize the data we have because we haven't rolled out broad testing nationally yet, your average individual american doesn't need to be that concerned right now of catching this virus. however, community-based transmission in one state means that there is probably community-based transmission in other states. once we roll out that testing and lower the criteria for being tested for covid-19 we'll probably see more cases than we thought was here previously. >> there was a report in washington state where we had the first death with no apparent connection to anybody that's been traveling, they think it's possible there have been hundreds of cases that were missed. is this most likely the scenario here that maybe has played out on the west coast, that it may have gotten here before we knew it? >> it's difficul

welcome to sunday, a special edition of "meet the press." from nbc news in washington. the longest running show in television history. this is a special edition of "meet the press" with chuck todd. >> good sunday morning. we now facing coronavirus. the virus is spread slowly at first and exponentially. as of this morning there were roughly 3,000 cases resulting in 60 davi 60 deaths. gone is the nonsense that this is a hoax and this is nothing worse than the flu. gone too is the myth for near inconveniences. we are facing one of the serious health crisis in american history. president trump's national emergency on friday calmed the financial markets. this morning i will talk to dr. anthony fauci and we have our political panel. so many questions remained. why do health experts seem more alarmed than the federal government does. when will we have enough kits to know how widespread the virus is. and ultimately are we doing enough right now to stop the epidemic? we do know this, life in america is changing at least for the time being. things are going to get worse before the

it's "meet the press." >> announcer: from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history. this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >> good sunday morning. we have two stories dominating the news this week. the coronavirus and the run for -- democratic race for president. the coronavirus is spreading around the world in two distinction and interconnected ways. people in more than 100 countries have been infected with more than 100,000 reported cases and with over 3,000 deaths. italy has seen the worst outbreak outside of china. overnight, the government effectively shut down the northern part of that country and extended some restrictions even further. this morning, pope francis streamed his traditional sunday blessings and simply waved to the people in st. peter's square. if the disease is not yet a pandemic, the economic fallout is. at home, the dow has lost nearly 11% in the last two weeks. some airports already largely empty. transnational companies are training employees how to work from home. and there are growing questions on how well the government has han

it's meet the press. >>> good sunday morning. we have two stories dominating the news this week 37 the coronavirus and joe biden running for president. more than 100,000 reported cases and over 3,000 deaths. italy has seen the worst outbreak and this morning, the pope simply waved to the people in the square some airports are largely empty. the swiftness in the change and the political landscape has amazed even the most cynical of political observers. four candidates dropped out with three now endorsing biden and the remaining contests largely tilt in biden's favor. >> from milan to tokyo' disney land, in the u.s., events have been handled. on friday, the first ncaa tournament plays without fans. at least 19d people have died. governors are asking for more federal help. >> we are the tip of the spear nationally on this. >> this is like the flu on steroids. >> we envision the need to have more testing capacities. >> on friday, president trump visited the cdc after signing an $8.3 billion emergency funding package. >> anybody that n

we go live to washington to talk with chuck todd and get his preview of "meet the press." >>> a welcome sight in the sierra, fresh snow. we'll take you there. by gersto. chuck todd, moderator of "meet the press," thank you for joining us. chuck, we have seen the coronavirus spread to over half the country with confirmed cases rising well over 400. and this morning you will actually speak with dr. anthony foucci who is helping manage this response. can you give insight on how the administration is handling the outbreak? >> i will try to paraphrase a little bit. first of all, it is inevitable that cases are going to grow and grow pretty quickly. he seemed to indicate the other big message that he had for everybody listen iing is basicay anybody over the age of 60, if you have an underlying health condition, needs to take some extreme precautions. don't, he said, would not go on a cruise ship at all, period, would be very careful about going to any large gatherings including religious services and things like that. if there was one underlying message he had that he kept reiterating over an

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. >>> we go live to washington to talk to chuck todd and get a preview of this week's "meet the press." and is it essential or not? the decision on a certain type of store that's caused a lot of controversy. ♪ more than ever, your home is your sanctuary. that's why lincoln offers complimentary pickup and delivery servicing. we'll pick up your vehicle and leave you with a lincoln loaner and the peace of mind that helps you focus on what matters most. that's the power of sanctuary. and for a little extra help, you can now purchase a new lincoln remotely, and defer payment for up to 120 days. >>> welcome back. it is time for our weekly chat with chuck todd, nbc news political director and moderator of "meet the press." thank you for joining us this morning. great to see you. >> hi there. >> chuck, congress, of course, we all know by now passed a $2 trillion relief bill to help give financial relief during this coronavirus spike. how is this going to impact us? what does this mean for americans and small businesses? >> look, it's designed to be a bridge to get us through this period where

well and what's interesting is he was he was on meet the press all through the late thirty's and he was and when meet the press started on television as a fledgling t.v. program he was a regular guest for the 1st 2 years of the broadcast and then in the mid forty's he just disappeared when we come back we'll continue our conversation about the investigative journalist stone with d.d. . 'd the world is driven by dream shaped. blueberry thinks. we dared to ask. when i was told some seemed wrong all right old old just don't know all. the world to get to shape out this day and you can stick out to it and engage with equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart. just to look for common ground. welcome back to on contact we continue our conversation about eye of stone with d.d. so we before the break we spoke about how he was one of the best known journalists in the country and then what happened well what happened is he became a pariah because of the cold war i mean he he had he had been in new york and then in washington he was the washington bureau chief for the nation and he

up, we go live to washington, d.c., to talk with chuck todd and get a preview of this week's "meet the press." >>> plus, social distancing isn't stopping some realtors from trying to make a sale. we'll show you the innovative way they're showing potential buyers around the bay area. more than ever, your home is your sanctuary. that's why lincoln offers complimentary pickup and delivery servicing. we'll pick up your vehicle and leave you with a lincoln loaner and the peace of mind that helps you focus on what matters most. that's the power of sanctuary. and for a little extra help, you can now purchase a new lincoln remotely, and defer payment for up to 120 days. >>> welcome back. it is time for our weekly chat with chuck todd, nbc news political director and moderator of "meet the press." as always, thanks for joining us this morning. it works out for us as we are socially distanced, about 3,000 miles between us. and, chuck, of course we are talking, as everything else in the world, coronavirus, even with politics. a bill that could include giving money to many americans and helping many sma

and be sure to join chuck for this morning's "meet the press." he'll have interviewed with mike pence and joe biden and south bend mayor pete buttigieg. tune into "meet the press" at 8:00 a.m. right after this newscast and also larry will be back in just 40 minutes. i want to talk steyer pulling out. we'll have more on our political segment and talk more about president trump and again his handling of the coronavirus crisis. so larry we'll see you in just a few minutes. >> yes. >>> and to other news now, uc santa cruz has ended the teaching assistant strike by firing 54 grad students. about 200 teaching assistants earning a graduate degree went on strike demanding a pay hike because of the cost of living. the assistanted withheld grades and some refused to teach altogether. uc santa cruz said administrators tried to address concerned but the ta's did not accept the efforts and saying they were affecting undergraduate education and the majority of the grad students have returned to work. >>> presidential hopeful tulsi gabbard taking a small break f

it is "meet the press daily." . the president has just declared the coronavirus a national emergency during a press conference at the white house rose garden where he and the officials around him and members of the private sector attempted to assure the public they had the situation under control and they were once again working furiously to address a testing shortage, which has left the public with an unclear picture of just how severe the threat really is. basically it feels as if every week at the white house we get a new promise of improved, ramped-up testing. but perhaps the bigger headline out of all of this for the average person watching, looking for guidance, were simply the mixed messages of just how seriously we should take all of this. while declaring a state of emergency, a national emergency mind you, and praising institutions that have virtually shut their doors, including many sports leagues, simultaneously the president at times downplayed the threat and said it would just wash away. he dismissed his

but we hope you join chuck for "meet the press" that will focus, of course, on coronavirus. l talk to dr. anthony fauci and ohio governor mike dewine and exclusive intervwswi massachusetts general hospital and the president of ucla health. lots of good information coming up. be sure to tune in right after this newscast. >>> back here locally some small businesses across the bay area are still facing uncertainty as coronavirus has so many people staying home. now they're saying they need help. we were in oakland yesterday and talked to some business owners. they told us it's been tough. more and more people are working from hole. they're avoiding going out to slow the spread of coronavirus. it's, of course, good for public health. we need social distancing. it's bad for business. so city and state leaders gathered together yesterday to discuss options to help their businesses. >> we are hard at work. we are putting our heads together, rolling up our sleeves and identifying solutions. >> for small businesses we put some tax benefits into the bill last night which we are still s

s meet the press moderator chuck todd also host of the american hospital association health care leadership breakfast with a preview of how the 116th congress will impact politics and policy or about fox news as chris wallace spoke at the american fuel and petrochemical manufacturers meeting in san antonio last year despite the fact that this lobbying group in question was one of several that lobbied for bills nationwide that would criminalize the protest of oil pipelines of course if you're a fossil fuel lobbying group your 1st choice would be someone from a network news anchors are constantly full of hot toxic gas but the hot gas from the mouths of sean hannity tucker carlson and others have now combined with the greenhouse gases that warmed the earth and when the journalists and anchors who are supposed to cover issues like climate change get paid to high. with the very people who caused them then it's no surprise that in 20000 the major nightly news and sunday morning political shows on the national broadcast networks spent a combined total of just 142 minutes on climate change and almo

welcome to sunday and a special edition of "meet the press." >> announcer: from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history. this is a special edition of "meet the press" with chuck todd. >> good sunday morning. america's recognition of the coronavirus crisis we now face seems to have grown at about the same pace the virus itself has spread. slowly at first and then exponentially. as of this morning, there were rurally 3,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the u.s., resulting in 60 deaths, but there's been very limited testing. gone is the nonsense that this is a hex. gone mostly is the disinformation that this is nothing worse than the flu, and gone is the myth that we're in i inconveniences. president trump's declaration of a emergency calmed the markets but only after it prompted wall street's worst day in more than three decades. i'll talk to dr. anthony fauci. two governors, and two hospital executives at the front line of this crisis, and we have our political panel. so many questions remain. why has the u.s. reacted more like overwhelmed italy th

anthony fouci who we just heard from "meet the press." he said something this morning on fox news that contrasts what the president said last night. let's listen. >> could you see a situation, you know, a lot of talk about seattle and what's going on there, where a city or state or region is shut down, and you basically just say, for in the case of italy, it's april thererd, nobody in or out? >> i think what you need to do on realty basis, that's the reason we evaluate it literally every single day, you don't want to alarm people. but given the spread we've seen anything is possible. >> are you saying the virus is getting closer to the white house? >> i'm not concerned at all. no, we've done a great job. >> sounds like the messages are somewhat mixed shannon, but how concerned is the administration about this if at all? >> they are absolutely mixed. there is an increasing concern among white house officials about this contrast in messaging. for example the president also was asked last night at that same event whether he would consider pos

welcome to sunday and a special edition of "meet the press." >> announcer: from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history. this is a special edition of "meet the press" with chuck todd. >> good sunday morning. america's recognition of the coronavirus crisis we now face seems to have grown at about the same pace the virus itself has spread. slowly at first and then exponentially. as of this morning, there were rurally 3,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the u.s., resulting in 60 deaths, but there's been very limited testing. gone is the nonsense that this is a hex. gone mostly is the disinformation that this is nothing worse than the flu, and gone is the myth that we're in i inconveniences. president trump's declaration of a emergency calmed the markets but only after it prompted wall street's worst day in more than three decades. i'll talk to dr. anthony fauci. two governors, and two hospital executives at the front line of this crisis, and we have our political panel. so many questions remain. why has the u.s. reacted more like overwhelmed italy th

. >> listen to senator bernie sanders earlier today on "meet the press." >> the establishment put a great deal of pressure on pete buttigieg, on amy klobuchar who ran really aggressive campaigns. i know both of them. they worked really, really hard, but right before super turesday they announced their withdrawal. what we're doing in this campaign, chuck, is we're taking on not only the entire political establishment, we're taking on the corporate establishment as well. >> i hear a lot of clapback on that because the voters in south carolina is certainly not the establishment. so when you make statements like this, do you feel that anyone pressured you into supporting joe biden? >> reverend sharpton, you know, as i said earlier, there are a lot of things that are said during elections and during campaigns. i had the opportunity to have several conversations with mayor pete. i know senator klobuchar. i certainly don't believe that either one of them were under pressure to support vice president biden. i can certainly tell you that i was not under pressure. i believe we are all, during these

. >> vice president pence tells "meet the press" the cdc is helping local authorities figure out who else may have been exposed. >> for the average american, the risk does remain low we're ready. >> the trump administration say 1/says 150,000 test kits will be available in the next few weeks but they're worried about a shortage of face masks. >> people running out buying face masks, that's not needed. we don't recommend it. >> president trump tweeted the travel risk has increased. >> this idea first that itas a hoax or that it was minimal or that people shouldn't talk about it is all wrong. that's what happened in china. they tried to push it under the rug. >> the administration plans an update this afternoon. and then there is the possibility that the administration has the authority to tell these big pharmaceutical companies to put what they're working on on the back burner and focus now on developing the vaccine. we'll see what comes of that meeting with president trump and the big pharma executives happening later today. frances? >> hopefully we see the progress there. thank you.

here is what vice president mike pence said this morning on "meet the press." >> the encouraging news is, of the now 22 americans, including the man who sadly lost his life, the majority of them are recovering well. we have this man's family in our hearts and we'll keep all of throws that are dealing with and working to recover in our prayers. >> stay with msnbc tonight. we'll have more updates on coronavirus throughout the evening. rev, back to you. >> thank you, lindsey. turning back to the 2020 race, joe biden's landslide victory in south carolina has breathed new life into his campaign. he has leapfrogged pete buttigieg and delegates now trailing front-runner bernie sanders by only seven. after the win last night, biden stood on the stage alongside congressman jim clyburn and told the world that he's back. listen. >> for those of you that have been knocked down, counted out, left behind, this is your campaign! just days ago, the president and the pundits declared this candidacy dead. now, thanks to all of you, the heart of the democratic party, we just won and we've won big becaus

sunday a special edition of "meet the press." i'll talk to dr. anthony fauci, get the latest from two governors, other experts from different health care systems to explain to you, a special edition of "meet the press." "the beat with ari melber" starts right now. >> we join you as we report on a health crisis. as the week draws to a close, consider what's changed. when this very week began, coronavirus hadn't been declared a pandemic or national emergency in the u.s. while it was straining life around the world to be sure, it had not fundamentally upended american life yet. tonight we can report, as you know, all those things are changing, the president declaring the u.s. officially under an emergency declaration for the first time today, president trump also saying he takes no responsibility for the failures in testing thus far as this world reels from the ongoing pandemic. stocks also rebounding. here are the latest facts. right now in the yiets, the markets come back 9.3% after the historic crash yesterday. 23 states are now operating under va

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chuck todd is nbc political director and moderator of "meet the press." chuck, good morning, good to see you. i want to turn to the race to the white house in a minute but first the response from the white house to the coronavirus. we saw the president go down to the cdc this week. trying to calm fears. i'm not so thur she accomplished that. how are they playing this balance out inside of the white house and the cdc and the nih and president trump's own political interest. >> it is look they are trying to work around it, two different responses. you have the president trump's personal response to everything and then you have what vice president pence is doing. look, yesterday, it was sort of played out. vice president pence did a day trip to west palm beach, met with the cruise ship industry, president trump already was in west palm beach and he went to his golf club. so we're starting -- so i think what you're seeing is i think the parts of the administration sort of working through pence and the task force, and the president's sometime participation crea

a little tease of what you'll hear on "meet the press" w >>> good morning. we are seeing once again some showers. we got the rain yesterday. it's about 51 degrees right now in san francisco, so the temperatures remain in the 50s. today we will be seeing a slight warm-up in the 60s. a live look at satellite radar. you can see the rain, plenty of instability off the coast. that will continue to sweep on through today as far as our temperatures go. warming up just a little bit into the 60s. 62 in san jose. >>> straight ahead, the return of popular demand of the highs and lows of the week with the country already in awe of our doctors, a pair of them give us another reason to cheer for the heroes in scrubs. ♪ you might say >>> and a state trooper who helped his doctor improvise after her dance competition was postponed by the coronavirus. >>> and later, in a week of jaw-dropping unemployment claims and businesses struggling to survive, what will the american economy look like on the other side of this crisis. >> we're wondering what's going to happen with our bea

to meet the press she said that this meeting was a good thing essentially because it showed that there was still lines of communication open essentially one of the positives that she was taken was that turkey and the e.u. can still sit down and discuss things even if it does seem that all they can do at the moment is agree to disagree today's discussion focused on mapping the areas in which we can work both in the e.u.'s interests and in turkey's interest and indeed as you said a lot goes back to the e.u. turkey statement of 2016 which remains valid turkey's decision to tell migrants that they wouldn't try and stop them crossing into the e.u. has resulted in some incredibly tense scenes at the border that at times have spilled over into violence. era pig commission president was asked a question by a turkish journalist about the actions of greek forces at the border these turkish journalist accuse greek forces of using excessive force against refugees and migrants underly and said that human rights have to be respected but also so did the integrity of borders and the use of excessive f

we'll be back tomorrow with more "meet the press" daily. the beat with ari melber starts right now. >> hi, katy. thank you very much. i'm ari melber. you're watching a special edition of "the beat." we want to cover the latest developments in the coronavirus outbreak. the last time something shook the entire nation, this week begins a new and clear phase of intensity across basically every measure we have, the public health impact, the market reaction, the government response. and while this is certainly a harrowing time for

important show for you on "meet the press. k will be joined by a man who has become a familiar face to the response to the >>> and we have some interesting weather to talk about for your sunday waking up to snow showers above 3,500 feet. east bay. you can see the storms swirling just offshore. this will continue to bring us chances of showers today. could see some hail or even some isolated thunder today with highs in the low 50s. showers increasing monday into tuesday and more active weather end of the week. >>> up next, dr. natalie aczar answers your questions about the coronavirus. how far should you take social distancing important information to keep you and your family safe. >>> later our sunday spotlight and the cost of coronavirus to american companies and the millions of people who work for them >> it is stressful we are honestly more worried about what is going to happen to the business than we are about catching the virus >> it's all coming up on "sunday today. we head to break our photo of the week an imagine seen a

it's "meet the press daily." i'm chuck todd here in washington. there is a once in a lifetime disaster preparedness effort being undertaken across the country. with have never before in modern life experienced the social and economic disruption that's about to happen or is already happening in and around our communities from coast to coast. we got a lot developments to get to. a lot of questions we want more answers for. over the next hour we'll be talking to experts in medicine, infectious diseases, testing and mitigation, reporters covering beat and health politics. a governor on the front lines dealing with state of emergency. all of these folks will try to help all of us wrap our arms around the extent of this approaching storm. i'm from florida we with know a thing or two about preparing for some pretty scary storms. you either hunker down or get out of dodge. we generally have a sense of how prepared to be and how much to disrupt our daily lives because we have a seense of how big and intense the approaching storm will be and when it's going

it is meet the press daily. good evening i am chuck todd here in washington on a day when coronavirus fears are spreading they sent markets plummeting again today. the dow closed down nearly 1,000 points again, wiping out most of yesterday's gains. more evidence that wall street and the economy at large remains on edge. there are more than 200 cases across the country. tennessee and nevada are the newest states reporting their first cases. new cases were reported today in illinois, florida, new york, washington, and in california, which is now under a state of emergency. the governor of california declared the emergency after the state's first death that man developed symptoms while on a cruise ship, the same ship that is now being ordered to say offshore and the passengers on the ship are being tested. they dropped testing kits from a had the. at least 21 people on board are showing some symptoms. washington state has been the hardest hit with another death reported there today bringing the total to 11, most of

. >>> chuck todd is nbc's political director and moderator of "meet the press." good morning a huge win yesterday for joe biden in south carolina. bigger than i think anybody saw coming let's talk about how he did it and what it means fonow.r super tuesday just a couple of days a i what now obviously, mike bloomberg has put a ton of money into the states bernie sanders announced he raised a ton of money in the month of february. what does this race look like now going forward? >> well, look, it's -- joe biden got more than enough on that victory and i think now he needs to hope that in 48 hours this turns into a sweep of at least the southern super tuesday states but, you know, the hurdle in front of him right now is really michael bloomberg. i guess the question is can he siphon enough vote away in bloomberg in the super tuesday states to keep sanders from gaining a huge delegate lead on tuesday night, and i think that's sort of -- that's the game right now it's -- you know, you'll hear a lot of -- i think you're going to see a lot of people like terry mcauliffe

a big congratulations to hallie, frank and roe from all of us at the "meet the press daily" team. with more "meet the press daily." and if it's wednesday, there's a new chuck toddcast ready to download. alex seitz-wald and i didn't yamiche alcindor. "the beat with ari melber" starts right now. hi, ari. >> hi, katy. we have a lot of news in our program. the president announcing he will address the nation this evening on the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. it is hitting pandemic levels. we'll get to what that means later this hour. >>> also bernie sanders coming out defiant after losing several key states last night to joe biden. and later tonight, we go to queens to hear from voters on the democrats' now two-person race. biden's surge and how voters are viewing the economy. we have that brand new reporting, listening to voters, something we've tried to do throughout this high-stakes cycle. we begin with the latest on the coronavirus which today the world health organization is formally labeling for the first time a pandemic. the virus spreading to more than 100 countries. more than 1

we will be back tomorrow with more "meet the press daily." i melber starts now. >> twice in one day. >> good to see you both times. >> you too. >> appreciate you. >>> we are keeping an eye on this looming white house briefing room where we expect president trump to join his coronavirus team for this news conference on the growing outbreak. indeed, you can see all the preparations that suggest this is imminent. they've moved the timing once. we will bring it to you. the virus has now been reported in 34 states, 600 cases and 26 deaths, and the very thing the trump white house had said it feared, bad news leading to a market scare, it came in earnest today. the worst market drop in over a decade. the decline was so steep the trading was frozen for about 15 minutes this morning just to calm the market panic. americans also watched this scene unfold at an oakland port. passengers are being isolated

the meeting out of the clear blue. reagan is dejected. he needs -- he meets the pressnd they asked about it being the 30th anniversary. reagan says my administration endorses the view of dwight eisenhower completely. we are dedicated to achieving what dwight eisenhower could not. and that is critical for history. six months later, it is the 40th anniversary of d-day. ronald reagan is the first president to travel to normandy to honor our slain troops, and whose troops is he honoring? eisenhower's troops. he says in that speech, i will forever stand for d-day veterans. they are my heroes like they were his. well, there's more. off the coast of normandy, while reagan is speaking, is the aircraft carrier uss dwight d. eisenhower. it sales past and it sends its aircraft over reagan to honor him while he is delivering his address. in return, at the end of his speech, president reagan boards marine one and flies over the aircraft carrier. he says that her row it -- her oic operation of d-day commanded by general eisenhower inspires heroic efforts on both sides of the atlanti

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. > >>> ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> welcome to thursday, it is "meet the press" daily. going to begin our tap dance when it comes to the briefing. i'm chuck todd, we'll continue the breaking news coverage of the coronavirus pandemic for this hour and then some. we're standing by for today's update from the white house coronavirus task force. the president is apparently going to also participate in this briefing. after he spoke to governors across the country about his new plan to contain the virus, which basically involves an attempt to split the united states into high risk and low risk areas. perhaps as a way to potentially get the people back to work. a number of questions are being raised about that strategy. it's not clear whether this is a serious proposal or it could be overtaken by events or this is actually the plan that somehow is going -- everyone in the country, including the president is trying to wrap their arms around what to do next as we all grapple with what will happen next. let's take a minute to digest where we are right now. there's no better visual

obviously on sunday we'll have "meet the press" on nbc as america shuts down, we're going to be coveringhe covid-19 story from various angles. among my guest will be two governors who are on the front lines of this coronavirus crisis. we'll also hear as well from the task force at the federal level. "the beat with ari melber" starts right now. good evening, ari. >> good evening, chuck. thank you very much. and thanks for joining us at home. we have more reporting on this pandemic on decisions you make for safety. we begin with the fax and the latest numbers to try to cut through any rhetoric and potential panic out there to focus on what we know at this hour. there are more than 16,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the united states, and 211 total fatalities. cases soaring upward right now, partially from the way this infection spreads,

here is what vice president mike pence said this morning on "meet the press." >> encouraging news is that of the now 22 americans including the man who sadly lost his life, the majority of them are recovering well. we have this man's family in our hearts and we'll keep all of those that are dealing with and working to recover in our prayers. >> we'll get into the discrepancy between the number of cases the white house is reporting and the number that nbc news is reporting in a second. first let's get to scott cone in kirkland seattle, near where the death occurred. also kelly o'donnell at the white house. scott, let's start with you and the new cases we're hearing about in the state. >> reporter: sure. you mentioned 74. there are many here around seattle. one is a male in his 60s, hospitalized in renton in critical condition. he had underlying respiratory health conditions. and another male in his 60s in critical but stable condition at the virginia mason medical center. and the first death from covid-19 was here at the evergreen health facility. in all with these new cases according